Nick Bostrom
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There's like the Furby paradox where we haven't seen any aliens.
There's like the Furby paradox where we haven't seen any aliens.
There's like what we seem to know about the kinds of technologies that can be developed.
There's like what we seem to know about the kinds of technologies that can be developed.
There are other, you know, more methodologically shaky arguments, perhaps, but like the Carter-Leslie doomsday argument.
There are other, you know, more methodologically shaky arguments, perhaps, but like the Carter-Leslie doomsday argument.
It's like there are a few things like this that kind of can serve to structure our thinking about the really biggest strategic picture surrounding us.
It's like there are a few things like this that kind of can serve to structure our thinking about the really biggest strategic picture surrounding us.
Well, yeah, so the Fermi paradox, I mean, many people will have heard of it, but it's the observation that we haven't seen any signs of extraterrestrial life.
Well, yeah, so the Fermi paradox, I mean, many people will have heard of it, but it's the observation that we haven't seen any signs of extraterrestrial life.
And yet we know that there are many galaxies and many planets, billions and billions and billions,
And yet we know that there are many galaxies and many planets, billions and billions and billions,
out there on which it seems life could have originated.
out there on which it seems life could have originated.
So the question then is, with billions of possible germination points and zero aliens that have actually manifested themselves to us or arrived at our planet, how do we reconcile those two?
So the question then is, with billions of possible germination points and zero aliens that have actually manifested themselves to us or arrived at our planet, how do we reconcile those two?
There has to be some great filter that you start with billions of
There has to be some great filter that you start with billions of
of germination points, and you end up with a net total of zero extraterrestrial arrivals here.
of germination points, and you end up with a net total of zero extraterrestrial arrivals here.